外ngoi6傳cyun4

English

1. to tell others (a secret)
2. unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)
3. supplementary or unofficial records or chronicles ----
4. for information to be disseminated to outsiders
5. to divulge to an outsider
6. side story; spin-off; a story that is related to, but does not form part of the main story; usually used in fictional contexts
7. to be rumored

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 補充或者非正式嘅傳記
2. 一件事傳咗出去，畀外面嘅人知道
3. 由一個故事所衍生出嘅另一個故事，對主要故事嘅劇情冇咩影響，只係補充或者深化故事嘅情節（量詞：篇／本／套）

Examples

• 《飛狐外傳》

  "The Young Flying Fox" (a prequel to "Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain" by Louis Cha)

• 家醜不出外傳

  bad things about one's family should not be aired to outsiders

• 《哈利波特》出外傳喎，你會唔會睇啊？ ("haa1 lei6 bo1 dak6" ceot1 ngoi6 zyun2 wo3, nei5 wui5 m4 wui5 tai2 aa3?)

  A spin-off of Harry Potter will be released! Are you going to read/watch it?

• 中國古代沒有貓，現在我們所熟悉的貓其實是很晚才由國外傳入中國的。

  In ancient China there were no cats; the cat that we are familiar with today was not imported into China from abroad until much later.

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